Blue Cat Audio - PatchWork

PatchWork is Blue Cat Audio's universal plugin patchbay. It hosts up to 64 VST, VST3, AU or built-in plugins inside a single instance in any DAW, chained in series or split into parallel chains, and saves the whole thing as one preset you can recall in any host.

How it works

There's no cable spaghetti: routing is a matrix of rows and columns. Up to 8 pre and post slots chain plugins in series, and up to 8 parallel chains can each be soloed, phase-flipped and mixed, with a global dry/wet. Load instruments as well as effects, up to 8 in parallel, and route MIDI between sub-plugins or back to the host. Macro controls and parameter mapping let you automate or hardware-control anything inside, latency compensation is handled for you, and 30 built-in effects fill the gaps.

Why you'd want it

Build your perfect vocal chain or layered synth stack once and use it in every DAW you own, even if they use different plugin formats. Run parallel processing without setting up buses. Use a VST in a host that only takes AU. And as a standalone app, it becomes a live rig or a quick way to play instruments without opening a DAW.

Features

• Host up to 64 VST, VST3, AU or built-in plugins in series or parallel
• Up to 8 parallel chains with phase flip, solo and gain
• Host up to 8 virtual instruments and mix them
• Macro controls and parameter mapping
• Flexible MIDI and audio routing, side chain and multiple outputs
• Latency compensation
• 30 built-in effects
• Effect, instrument and standalone versions

System requirements

• Mac: macOS 10.9 or later, Intel or Apple Silicon
• Windows: Windows Vista, 7, 8, 10 or 11, SSE2 processor
• VST, VST3, AU (Mac only) and AAX, plus standalone

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